Police: Appleton man wanted 'to do what the guy in Wausau did'

APPLETON - An Appleton man said he wanted to replicate the Wausau-area shooting spree in which a man killed four people earlier this year, according to a criminal complaint filed last week.

"I just want to do what the guy in Wausau did," Song Leng Vang, 62, told one person.

In March, Nengmy Vang, 45, of Weston went on a shooting spree in which he killed two of his wife's coworkers, her divorce attorney and a police detective. Nengmy Vang was wounded during a shootout with police and later died. Police said the shootings started as a "domestic incident" between Vang and his wife.

Song Vang was charged June 13 with possession of a firearm contrary to a domestic abuse injunction. He was ordered held on a $10,000 cash bond. His next court date is Thursday.

According to the criminal complaint:

Police learned in early June that Song Vang's wife was concerned he was going to kill her. She described domestic abuse dating back at least 25 years. It included an incident in which she said he pointed a gun at her head. She said he also threatened to strangle and kill her.

Two people had recently warned her about threats he was making. One man said that Song Vang had told him, "It is going to be just like Wausau or worse."